var image1=new Image()
image1.src="images/banner-images/Top-Wood-2.gif"
var image2=new Image()
image2.src="images/banner-images/View-across-paddocks-at-Spi.gif"
var image3=new Image()
image3.src="images/banner-images/Walk-at-Spinney-View.gif"
var image4=new Image()
image4.src="images/banner-images/Walk-at-Spinney-View-and-vi.gif"
var image5=new Image()
image5.src="images/banner-images/Cycling-in-Peaks.gif"
var image6=new Image()
image6.src="images/banner-images/Chatsworth-House-Horse-Tria.gif"
var image7=new Image()
image7.src="images/banner-images/Surrounding-Countryside.gif"
var image8=new Image()
image8.src="images/banner-images/Winter-at-Spinney-View-Barn.gif"
//no of total images in the banner
var numOfBannerImages=8
//each image will be only visble for
var imageRotateTime=5500
//variable that will increment through the images
var step=1


//Standard set and get cookie to remeber slide index when pages are changed
var cookie=0;

function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays)
{
var exdate=new Date();
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+
((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString());
}

function getCookie(c_name)
{
if (document.cookie.length>0)
  {
  c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
  if (c_start!=-1)
    {
    c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1;
    c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start);
    if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end));
    }
  }
return 1;
}





function slideit(){
//if browser does not support the image object, exit.
if (!document.images)
return


//Only come here first time
if(cookie==0)
{
	step=getCookie('BannerStep')
	if (step>numOfBannerImages||step<1)
	step=1
	cookie=1
}

document.images.slide.src=eval("image"+step+".src")



if (step<numOfBannerImages)
step++
else
step=1

setCookie('BannerStep',step,2)

//call function "slideit()" every 2.5 seconds
setTimeout("slideit()",imageRotateTime)
}